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Joshua 8:27 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Joshua 8:27 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joshua chapter 8 verse 27 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.”
Joshua 8:27 (KJV)
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Commentary on Joshua 8:27
Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves—Unlike Jericho, where all spoil was herem (devoted to God and banned from personal use), God permitted Israel to plunder Ai's livestock and goods. The phrase according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua (כִּדְבַר יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, kidvar YHWH asher tzivvah et-Yehoshua) points to God's specific instruction in verse 2.This distinction teaches that God's commands are not arbitrary but purposeful. Jericho's total herem demonstrated God's absolute holiness and Israel's dependence on...
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Cross-References for Joshua 8:27
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“and the livestock of it”
“both of man and of animal”
“they and all their armies with them”
“and the livestock on a thousand hills.”
“because I am good?'”
“and the silver”